Tag Archives: Kurt Cobain

David Bowie: The Man Who Owned the World

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Sean Murphy

David Bowie didn’t merely innovate; he wrought aesthetic and stylistic changes and, like an irrepressible Pied Piper, people followed him wherever he went. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged Aladdin Sane, Christopher Nolan, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Mike Garson, MTV, Oh! You Pretty Things, Oscar Wilde, Queen, Ricky Gervais, Scorsese, Soul Train, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, Thin White Duke | 3 Comments

Razor Sadness, Wizened Eyes: Nirvana Unplugged, 20 Years On

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Robert Burke Warren

Nirvana’s legendary last recorded performance, 1994’s MTV Unplugged In New York, was too painful for the Weeklings’ Robert Burke Warren to watch. Until now. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings | Tagged charles r cross, cobain, courtney love, dave grohl, dgc, frances bean, geffen, heavier than heaven, heroin, in utero, krist novoselic, Kurt Cobain, lead belly, MTV, mtv unplugged in new york, Nevermind, pat smear, robert burke warren, robin williams, shotgun, suicide, unplugged | 3 Comments

Dead Pool

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Leigh Raper

In this haunting piece, Leigh Raper recalls a college acquaintance who died gruesomely, triggered by police photographs of Kurt Cobain’s death scene. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Coral Gables, Ken Ober, Kurt Cobain, Remote Control | Leave a comment

Kurt Cobain: Twenty Years Later

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Sean Beaudoin

On the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, Sean Beaudoin declines to tell you what it all means. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged bleach, courtney love, frances bean, Grunge, hole, in utero, Kurt Cobain, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, rock and roll hall of fame, Seattle, smells like teen spirit, suicide | 6 Comments

A Quinquagenary of Events Important to Baby Boomers, and 14 Other Predictions for 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Greg Olear

John, Paul, Smaug, and Kanye…and other stuff that will go down in twenty-fourteen. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged 1964 all over again, 2014 predictions, Baby Boomers, Billy Beane, Kanye West, Kurt Cobain, North West, Peter Jackson, predictions for 2014, Smaug, Stanley Kubrick, The Beatles, The Stones, we are so fucked | Leave a comment

Song Beneath the Song: “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Greg Olear

Twenty years ago, “Hey Jealousy” climbed to #4 on the Billboard charts. A few months later, the man who wrote the song killed himself. Continue reading →

Posted in Song Beneath the Song | Tagged Doug Hopkins, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, irony, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Robin Wilson, Tempe | 50 Comments

Rock & Roll Coffee: The 27 Club with Author Howard Sounes

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Jamie Blaine

JM Blaine sits down with author Howard Sounes to discuss his new book, “The 27 Club,” and the tragic endings of some of rock and roll’s most promising young talents– all at the age of 27. Continue reading →

Posted in Rock and Roll Coffee | Tagged 27 Club, amy winehouse, Brian Jones, Bukowski, Charles Bukowski, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, jimi hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Robert Johnson | 3 Comments